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11. Когда мальчик слушал музыку и интересные истории, он сидел широко раскрыв глаза и
слегка наклонив голову набок.
12. Больше всего его волновали истории с трагическим концом.
13. В математике Дэнни делал потрясающие успехи.
14. Поглощ¸нный своими объяснениями, Дэнни не замечал, что лица его приятелей выражали
полное непонимание.
Exercise 8
Expand on the following.
1.
The owners of the villa were a curious people.
2.
Though fully two and a half years older than little Robin, Guido took no undue advantage of his
superior intelligence and strength.
3.
Robin adored Guido.
4.
Guido was a thoughtful child.
5.
Guido was immensely interested in listening to music.
6.
Guido made excellent progress in playing the piano.
7.
The boy was hardly a Mozart.
8.
The theorem of Pythagoras seemed to explain Guide's musical predilections.
9.
I thought of the vast differences between human beings.
Exercise 9
Speak about the author's experience in Italy:
1. in the third person;
2. in the person of one of the proprietors;
3. in the регеод of Guido;
4. in the person of little Robin.
Exercise 10
Discussion points.
1. Did Guide's appearance
correlate with
his character? Why?
2. What could make Guido so patient and tolerant?
3. What do you think of little Robin? Compare the boys.
4. What sort of people were Robin's parents, in your opinion?
5. Fancy your own child imitating somebody slavishly. What would you tell him or her?
6. Have you ever met children like Guido? Tell the class about them.
7. Do you believe that genius always shows in early childhood? Prove your point.
8. The vast differences between human beings — what are they?
Exercise 11
Comment on the following words of the author.
'...it was a little Archimedes with, like most of his kind, an incidental musical twist.'
'We classify men by the colour of their eyes and hair, the shape of their sculls. Would it not be more
sensible to divide them up into intellectual species?'
Exercise 12
Describe several people using the patterns from the passage you have read. Introduce your description
with a sentence similar to the pattern:
> Pattern:
a) They were a curious people, our proprietors.
b) An old husband, grey, listless, tottering, seventy at least.
c) A signora ofabout jourty, short, very plump, with tiny hands andfeet and a pair ofvery large,
very dark eyes.
A model paragraph:
She is a nice person, my friend. A young giri, of about twenty, blond, slender, with an upturned nose, etc.
Exercise 13
Speak about people's age.
I. Give your own examples according to the models below. Speak about your relatives or friends.
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Pattern: He was between six and seven (years old).
Between little Guido and the youngest of his brothers and sisters there was a gap of six or seven years.
He was fully two and a halfyears older (younger) than little Robin.